Latest announcements from the UK Government on managing the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic include recommending employees should once again work from home and new measures to subsidise wages. Graham Brown looks at the implications of these new announcements for employers and how HR can ensure they and their organisations are well prepared for the possible introduction of further strict lockdowns at a local or national level.
Employment lawyer Darren Newman guides us through the process of varying an employee's terms and conditions including the procedure for dismissing and re-engaging an employee, and how to deal with an avalanche of flexible working requests from employees who want to make their lockdown way of working permanent.
A model letter to invite an employee to a meeting to discuss a move to permanent homeworking. Depending on the size and nature of your organisation, cost-saving measures to reduce the need for redundancies could include the closure of your work locations and move to permanent homeworking for some or all of your staff.
A model letter to confirm a move to permanent homeworking with an employee. Depending on the size and nature of your organisation, cost-saving measures to reduce the need for redundancies could include the closure of your work locations and move to permanent homeworking for some or all of your staff.
Many organisations moved to large-scale homeworking overnight when coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown arrangements were introduced. But as governments ease restrictions, some are now actively considering whether or not the arrangements could be made permanent.
A model form to enable a line manager to record a health and safety risk assessment with an employee who is working from home for all or some of their working week.
This employment tribunal held, in White v Propharma Group MIS Ltd, that the employer had not indirectly discriminated against a female employee by requiring her to remove potential interruptions while working at home by arranging childcare.